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- Lost all the starting money intended for charcoal on gambling, became desperate, had pick and sell flower bouquets and part with some clothing to make it back somehow.

- Was going to be an upstanding citizen until I got seduced out of my remaining 40 groschen by a bathhouse wench and had to resort to doing shady work for the miller. Found an expensive amulet in a crow's nest while doing that work and pawned it for 250 groschen ; take your money and sod off miller!

- Got a bit lost in the woods at night after chasing and dispatching a pathetic bandit who surrendered as soon as I drew my sword, couldn't see a thing so I thought I'd bee-line through the woods, promptly went towards what looked like an open field to just to be able to see anything at all, what I didn't see was the cliff just behind the bushes...

Yes. It really shows many of the "big boys" in the scene how a proper RPG experience can be designed and so intricately coded as to have everything interweave by action reaction.

Plus the acting, sounds, natural and credible and believable places aided by superb cinematic direction do embold it beyond some of the acclaimed titles of some years ago.

Being based of historical authenticity just lends to it a much stronger appeal than fusrodah stuff, at least for me. Did backup right at the KS at full content level. One of the best projects i've backed.

Didn't play it through the development phases, but kept tabs with their "rulebook" ideas and mechanics.

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Yeah best kickstarter i backed, they were always updating and showing tremendous progress with the construction to the whole OW. Rough part was the Physical Edition being 4 discs totaling 29gb which only installed 4.3gb and u had to download the remaining 26.8gb on release just to play the game, the reason people buy the physical edition is to avoid the massive downloads!

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Yeah best kickstarter i backed, they were always updating and showing tremendous progress with the construction to the whole OW. Rough part was the Physical Edition being 4 discs totaling 29gb which only installed 4.3gb and u had to download the remaining 26.8gb on release just to play the game, the reason people buy the physical edition is to avoid the massive downloads!

I buy the physical edition just for a box and manual. My download speeds are good enough.

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They are two different games, overall: Skyrim is Fantasy with magic, this one is “true”. In Skyrim you can be literally all you want to be, here you are just one character that can do several stuffs, but the story is only one, like a book.

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I played a little yesterday before bed. I just notice it had a patch and was thinking of poping on for a bit before bed. So far been enjoying it. The new combat style is a bit tricky to get use to and I couldn't get the stupid horse to run the first time I ran at the start (did save the chick from rapage). If you don't see me in game for a while you all will know why.

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I played a little yesterday before bed. I just notice it had a patch and was thinking of poping on for a bit before bed. So far been enjoying it. The new combat style is a bit tricky to get use to and I couldn't get the stupid horse to run the first time I ran at the start (did save the chick from rapage). If you don't see me in game for a while you all will know why.

Combat is a relatively slow burn - it requires Henry to learn some things before *you* can use them, and for you to understand and reliably use place and position, and the use of counters and devices.

Once you get that, it is fantastic. By far the closest feel of any PC game to swordsmanship - don't let the 'slow' pace fool you, to make 'real time' tactical responses as you would holding a weapon from the feeling of the bind you need the visual path to be slower... and you will get brutalised by those who are even remotely close to you in skill if you treat them with complacence. (sometimes).

And the feeling of making choices and 'adapting' them under pressure is so good. The Visual presentation of place and position, measure and the variety of combat devices that you see used (by and against you and other npcs) is much higher than is common and a fairly decent representation of fencing.

Do read the questlog as you go - it summarises what you have just done, what you can *definitely* try doing.. as next steps.

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Oh and I found out that while it seems Henry is or could be a bit of a player in the game, of you stay true and pure you get a special achievement. Might have to do that the first time through since I never do the romance in games the first time, just the main story and than go back play other styles/paths.

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Got a bit over-eager to explore the open world, ran away in the beginning where you're supposed to get yourself a horse so I've been walking almost everywhere - and now I realized that I had to do the main questline to learn how to parry and whatnot, combat has been a bit one-sided without that and without dodging at all.

At least I've got myself setup with a bit of a morally acceptable scam of cooking poached game meat and passing off venison as beef and boar meat as pork to the local grocers.

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Got off the road tracking a small herd of deer, heard someone calling out and saw two Cuman heads poking over the hill.

After failing miserably to hit them with an arrow I was charged at by town guards of all things - turns out that they had been escorting prisoners!

So a bit later it ended with three town guards dead, two civilian-looking Cumans untied (can't snitch on me if no one understands them anyways), one dead Cuman because he looked like a regular mercenary who was too dangerous and deserved it, and all over a simple misunderstanding. One guard might've escaped and I had just run into a lone patrol, but since the town doesn't know anything yet I think I'm in the clear.

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Agree. Maybe it needs a little more optimization, but nothing you cannot do with a patch. The story is awsome, the dialogs at last have a sense to read them, they are not written by a retarded 4 years old, as i saw in other games... It’s a true RPG, and i like it a lot.

His laugh makes me think every time, "All he's the village fool hero in the making."

Oh you know you can romance a few folks right, we figued something out. He romances the lady of Tamb.......some realy long name I can't spell you meet pretty early. Well while Henery may never be nobel, but I sure as hell figure he will have a litttle bastard nobel child out of that one. LOL

Oh and if you romance/do no one you get an achievement for being a virgin at the end of the game.

So far I like it, the combat feels clunky, but hay he's a blacksmith son that just started to learn so I take it for that. The game is a little slow paced though too so don't rush and make sure you have time to save cause you can't without the snapps. Over all I been enjoying it.

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Forget that, court Theresa and you eventually get to see her naked!!!!

yep just banged her and since I saved her from being raped she doesn't get pissy at you when you talk about the pass and that part. I also suduced the Lady so will have a little Noble bastard prob in the future. Got down and dirty with some wenchs with a priest....yah this play through henry is so not doing that achievement. I think I'll do a shield and bash build play where he's all good two shoe and stay's pure and stuff. I also plan to do an evil play tooo as a thief and such.

6 hours ago, maturin said:

And find out that they've already invented silicone. Yeesh.

lol the first time I saw one of the Wenches naked I was thinking, man they got to be strippers or something with those perky nips.

Thought was odd those when I got it with the lady it faded to black. Wonder why on that one.